Dave’s Gone By #453 (1/11/2014):URINENATION

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Here is the 453rd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Jan. 11, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with playwright Greg Kotis (Urinetown). Plus: Dave chats with UNC sports radio host Thomas Hoffman, Inside Broadway, Saturday Segues (Jill Sobule, Captain Beefheart), Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on “Duck Dynasty’s” Phil Robertson

Guests: playwright Greg Kotis, broadcaster Thomas Hoffman

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:02:00 GUEST: Thomas Hoffman
00:48:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Jill Sobule
01:09:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:34:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Greg Kotis
02:32:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (trio)
03:02:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #87 – Duck Amuck
03:11:00 Weather
03:13:00 Friends
03:29:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Captain Beefheart
03:53:30 Upcoming
03:57:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Jan. 11, 2014 Playlist: “A Good Life” (00:48:30), “Jetpack” (00:51:00), “Supermodel” (00:54:30), “Mexican Wrestler” (00:57:30), “Don’t Let Us Get Sick” (04:00:00; Jill Sobule). “Rebel of the Underground” (01:30:00; Tupac Shakur). “Urinetown” (01:33:00) & “I See a River” (02:16:00; Urinetown, 2001 Broadway cast). “The Times They Are a-Changin'” (02:36:00), “Simple Twist of Fate” (02:39:30), “One Too Many Mornings” (02:44:00), “On a Night Like This” (02:46:30), “Shelter from the Storm” (02:49:00) & “Going Going Gone” (02:54:00; Bob Dylan). “Full Moon Hot Sun” (03:34:00), “Her Eyes are a Blue Million Miles” ({live at My Father’s Place version; 03:36:00), “Bill’s Corpse” (03:40:00), “Observatory Crest” (03:41:30), “I Want a Woman to Hold My Big Toe Till I Have to Go” (03:45:00), & “Moonlight on Vermont” (03:47:00; Captain Beefheart).

Jeff McCarthy (Officer Lockstock) and Spencer Kayden (Little Sally) in “Urinetown.”
Thomas Hoffman
Jill Sobule
Captain Beefheart
Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty

Dave’s Gone By Interview (1/4/2014): TOM TOCE & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews cabaret lyricist & Jeopardy champion Tom Toce

Topics include: Cabaret, Broadway, theater, Jeopardy, Andrea Marcovicci, Douglas J. Cohen.

Segment aired Jan. 4, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #452 (1/4/2014): TWINKLE TOCE

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Here is the 452nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Jan. 4, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with lyricist Tom Toce;  Saturday Segues (Phil Everly, Stipe n’ Schlosser); Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (firsts).

Guests: lyricist Tom Toce, Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (age-appropriate, parasites)
00:43:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Phil Everly
00:54:00 Dave & Joyce (quiet times & drug mules)
01:11:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Tom Toce
02:23:00 Sponsors & Weather
02:29:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (firsts)
02:53:00 SATURDAY SEGUE (Stipe & Schlosser)
03:20:00 Friends
03:24:00 Upcoming
03:27:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Jan. 4, 2014 Playlist: “Cathy’s Clown” (00:45:00), “Crying in the Rain” (00:47:00), “Bye Bye Love” (00:49:00) & “All I Have to Do is Dream” (00:51:00; The Everly Brothers). “The Sweetness in the Air” (01:08:30) & “Shalom Santa” (01:27:00; Carole J. Bufford). “The Boy From” (01:32:00; Side By Side By Sondheim 1976 UK cast w/ Millicent Martin). “The Night I Fell in Love with Paris” (01:56:00; Jane Monheit). “You Make Me Laugh” (02:19:00; Jennifer Sheehan). “Long Time Gone” (02:30:30), “The First Noel” (02:34:00), “The Water is Wide” (02:36:30), “Things Have Changed” (02:42:00). “Misery Loves Company” (02:54:00), “Kurt Cobain” (03:00:30), “I Wanna Be Madonna” (03:04:00) & “Have a Peanut Butter Sandwich” (03:09:00; Art Paul Schlosser). “Every Day is Yours to Win” (2:57:00), “Sitting Still” (03:01:00), “Supernatural Serious” (03:05:30) & “I am Superman” (03:28:30; R.E.M.).

Tom Toce
Phil Everly
Art Paul Schlosser
Michael Stipe

Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/31/2013): BRIAN GARI

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Joined by guest co-host Joyce Weil, Dave chats with lyricist Brian Gari

Topics include: celebrities, Eddie Cantor, horses.

Segment aired Dec. 31, 2013 as part of a New Year’s special edition of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #451 (12/31/2013): UNC RADIO NEW YEAR SPECIAL – Hello 2014!

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Here is the 451st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio Dec. 31, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Dave and his wife, Joyce, ring in the new year with music and special guests.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: Dave’s wife Joyce, songwriter Brian Gari, theater critic Mary Shen Barnidge

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (fitbit)
00:12:00 GUEST: Brian Gari
00:25:30 Dave & Joyce (JF, New Year’s, TV specials, resolutions)
01:17:00 More Dave & Joyce (Das Balaton Combo, the year behind, Dave’s finger)
01:41:30 Even More Dave & Joyce
01:59:00 GUEST: Mary Shen Barnidge
02:46:30 Dave & Joyce return
02:51:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #86 – New Year 2014
03:00:00 Happy New Year
03:13:00 Upcoming
03:16:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 31, 2013 Playlist: “Makin’ Whoopee” (00:29:00; Eddie Cantor). “After Midnight” (00:32:00; Eric Clapton). “The Message” (00:52:00; Grand Master Flash). “Voices Carry” (01:03:30; `Til Tuesday). “Having a Party” (01:08:00; Sam Cooke). “Party Doll” (01:10:00; Buddy Knox). “Party Buli” (01:12:00; Das Balaton Combo). “The Old Horse of Nations Tea Party” (01:33:30; Sexton Ming & Billy Childish). “House of Fun” (01:35:00; Madness). “Legalize It” (01:38:00; Peter Tosh). “Rock and Roll Heart” (01:54:00) & “Satellite of Love” (01:57:00; Lou Reed). “It’s All in the Game” (02:29:00; Slim Whitman). “You Belong to Me” (02:31:00; Patti Page). “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” (2:34:00; Andrews Sisters). “For the Good Times” (2:37:00; Ray Price). “I Always Get Lucky with You” (2:40:30; George Jones). “It was a Very Good Year” (02:44:00; Richie Havens). “New Year’s Eve” (02:54:30; Tom Waits). “Auld Lang Syne” (03:00:00; Guy Lombardo). “Starting Over” (03:03:00; John Lennon). “Dreaming” (03:06:00; Blondie). “Laugh and Be Happy” (03:09:00; Randy Newman). “Heroes” ({live “Stage” version}; 03:25:00; David Bowie).

Brian Gari
Mary Shen Barnidge
Das Balaton Combo

Dave’s Gone By #450 (12/28/2013): PS I LOVE YOU

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Here is the 450th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Dec. 28, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon’s chat with singer and record producer Philip Chaffin. Plus: Inside Broadway, Saturday Segues (13/14, Christine Lavin), Dylan – Sooner & Later (insurance), Rabbi Sol’s Rabbinical Reflection on the year gone by.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: singer Philip Chaffin, Dave’s wife Joyce.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (end of the year, numerical milestones, xmas food, cast recordings, pancake party)
01:00:00 SATURDAY SEGUE (13/14)
01:24:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & Top Stories of 2013)
01:56:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Philip Chaffin
03:02:30 Sponsors
03:08:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later: Insurance
03:30:00 Friends
03:37:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #86: New Year 2014
03:40:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Christine Lavin
03:59:30 Weather & Upcoming
04:03:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 28, 2013 Playlist: “Thirteen” (01:00:30; Big Star). “The 13th (Swing Version)” (01:03:00; The Cure). “Thirteenth Mountain” (01:07:00; Bruce Cockburn). “Fourteen Rivers, Fourteen Floods” (01:11:30; Beck). “14th Street Blues” (01:14:30; Leon Redbone). “14th Street” (01:17:30; Rufus Wainwright). “Finale” (01:51:00; Dear World, 1969 Broadway cast). “Diga Diga Doo” (01:53:00), “A Cow and a Plough and a Frau” (02:50:00) & “Somethin’ Real Special” (02:58:30; Philip Chaffin). “The God-Why-Don’t-You-Love-Me Blues” (02:10:30; Follies 2011 Broadway cast w/ Danny Burstein). “Around the World” (02:35:30; Grey Gardens 2006 Bway cast w/ Christine Ebersole). “Folies Bergere” (02:41:30; Nine 2003 Bway cast w/ Chita Rivera). “It’s All Right Ma, I’m Only Bleeding” ({live “Before the Flood” version}; 03:10:00), “Clean Cut Kid” (03:15:30) & “Desolation Row” ({live MTV Unplugged version}; 03:19:30; Bob Dylan). “Nobody’s Fat in Aspen” (03:40:30), “Rockaway” (03:44:00), “If I Ruled the World” (03:48:00), “Gettin’ Used to Leavin’ (03:52:30) & “Scatter New Seeds” (04:07:00; Christine Lavin).

Philip Chaffin
Christine Lavin
Goodbye old year . . .

Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/21/2013): LARRY KAYE & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Broadway producer Larry Kaye of HOP Theatricals

Topics include: theater, Broadway, The Velocity of Autumn.

Segment aired Dec. 21, 2013 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/28/2013): PHILIP CHAFFIN and Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews singer and PS Classics co-founder Philip Chaffin

Topics include: Broadway, musicals, PS Classics, Tommy Krasker, Stephen Sondheim, The Frogs, Nine, Ray Conniff.

Segment aired Dec. 21, 2013 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More information about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By #449 (12/21/2013): OH, KAYE

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Here is the 449th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Dec. 21, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring Rabbi Sol Solomon’s chat with theatrical producer Larry Kaye;  Inside Broadway; Saturday Segue (Frank Zappa); Dylan – Sooner & Later (Xmas); Rabbi Sol on the passings of 2013.

Guests: producer Larry Kaye, Dave’s wife, Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (BYOC, TV Trade-In, Velocity, Sponsors, Going Gaga)
01:07:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Frank Zappa
01:38:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & obits (01:52:00))
01:59:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Larry Kaye
02:55:00 Sponsors
02:57:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Xmas)
03:18:30 Weather
03:22:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #85 – The Passings of 2013
03:49:00 Thanks & Friends
03:53:30 Upcoming
03:56:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 21, 2013 Playlist: “Applause” (00:56:00; Lady Gaga). “Little House I Used to Live In” (01:13:30), “Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus” (01:18:00), “How Could I Be Such a Fool” (01:22:30), “Would You Like a Snack” (01:25:30), “Sharleena” (01:26:00) & “Sofa No. 1” (01:30:00; Frank Zappa). “I Was a Teenage Maltshop” (01:21:00; Captain Beefheart & Frank Zappa). “I Wanna Be a Producer” (01:57:00; The Producers 2001 Bway cast w/Matthew Broderick). “Brotherhood of Man” (02:17:30; How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (2010 Bway cast w/ Daniel Radcliffe). “Christmas Island” (02:58:30), “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” (03:01:00), “Arthur McBride” (03:04:00), “She Belongs to Me” (03:10:00) & “Must Be Santa” (03:13:30; Bob Dylan). “Santa Quits” (03:32:30; Dave Lefkowitz). “The Twelve Complaints of Christmas” (03:37:30; Rabbi Sol Solomon). “The Only Thing I Want for Christmas” (03:58:00; Eddie Cantor).

Larry Kaye
The Velocity of Autumn
Frank Zappa
Dylan for the Holidays

Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/14/2013): CAROL LAWRENCE and Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actress Carol Lawrence

Topics include: West Side Story, Handle with Care, Robert Goulet, Saratoga, Shangri-La, Mickey Katz.

Segment aired Dec. 14, 2013 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com
More information about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com